Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Baja Race Truck Quick Ride

Out in the Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Barstow, California, Paul Czaplicki, brand manager of Toyota trucks, SUVs, and "all things TRD" (says he) is convincing two Monster Energy girls to go for a ride-along in the new Tundra TRD Pro Baja race truck. We've come out to see the truck and get our own rides at the tail end of its test and tune session. Who's driving? Ivan Stewart, 20-time winner of the Baja 500 and 1000.

For speed comparison, last year's Stock Full winner -- a factory-backed Lexus LX 570 with several races beneath its belt -- hit a mean of 30 mph for 29 hours, 21 minutes, 42 seconds, and 891 milliseconds. Three of the five Stock Full entries did not finish.

Later, after Czaplicki had his own outing around the off-road block with the master at the wheel and deplaned with a big grin on his face, we ask how he'd market the experience he had with the Ironman mere moments ago.